From Race-Based to Race-Conscious Medicine: A Call to Action for Re-Evaluating the Use of Race in Urologic Diagnostic Algorithms and Clinical Guidelines

Clinical diagnostic algorithms and practice guidelines are standard tools used by health care providers to help patients understand their health risks, guide decision-making, and inform treatment. These algorithms and guidelines often factor in multiple variables; questions of when, whether, and how to include race as one of these inputs have generated considerable controversy in recent years.